Republican officials say the calls, being heard primarily in battleground states, are part of a last-week media campaign that will cost more than $15 million.

One government source said: "No party wants to put this in their 'last-week grid' for these elections.

McCain makes last-week push into New Hampshire ...

They lost to Randy Johnson and the rest of the Mariners, but the last-week comeback and their fans' reaction to it stayed with them.

Unless the drive makes a similar last-week sprint to its finish on Thursday, raising an average of $21,752 a day, it will not reach last year's final tally.

Because of a last-week surge to his fellow U.S. representative, Buddy Roemer of Louisiana's 4th congressional district, Livingston fell ten points short of a runoff berth.

She was pouring some last-week drinks at Hollywood's M Bar and Restaurant in late 2007, days before she planned to throw in the towel and return home to Monroe, La.

While the Rangers had a last-week surge to extend their regular season, they were done in by a 5-15 start to September after beginning the final month with a two-game lead in the AL West.

Minnesota could become the first team in baseball history to trail by three games with four to play and win a division crown while the Tigers, who have led the AL Central since May 10, risk an epic last-week collapse.

And Mr. Giuliani's last-week insistence that a desire for racial peace should not be decisive, though it was said to be aimed at Jewish voters, did emphasize Mr. Dinkins's race and suggest that the Democrat was exploiting it for votes.

First baseman John Olerud was the fourth member of the Mariners elected, and only a last-week surge by third baseman Cal Ripken of Baltimore prevented David Bell from becoming the fifth player from the Seattle lineup to be elected to the A.L. team.

Two examples: In 1980, a race that had been rated too close to call became a decisive victory for Ronald Reagan because of a last-week shift in voter preferences, while in 1968, a 15 percentage point surge in Hubert Humphrey's strength in the final weeks of the campaign almost put him over the top.

I called him up last week to see how his were doing.

We've been dead for the last week and a half.

As of last week the figure was less than 3 percent.

But like others, she had found her way into the area last week.

But the company lost a case in California last week.

He had called them last week and asked for help.

Against the team we lost five one to last week.

The times have been hard on you, these last weeks.

Now what did I do when, one day last week.

But I've not been taking them for the last week.

And at the end of last week they had a.

Tell me how did you do with the young girl last week?

Last week she asked me if he could come home.

He'd had nothing but time to think over the last weeks.

Why I hit a man last week, and he got up on me.

I know you were in here last week, for example.

He worked here last week after the rest of the team was through.

His old problems seemed a long way away last week.

The same guy who said something else about me last week.

But what was the news on the ground last week?

What the Court did last week makes no sense at all.

Someone doing the same thing last week would have had a different experience.

And he took some time last week to say why.

But she held on to the hope until last week.

And all because of days like the one I had last week.